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Massive internet outage: Google services, Cloudflare, Spotify all down, users report
Is the entire internet down?
Around 2:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 12, users started reporting widespread service disruptions at popular websites and apps, including Twitch, Gmail, Discord, Nintendo Switch Online, Spotify, and dozens of other platforms. By 3:30 p.m., some services appeared to be restored, although ongoing outages continue.
The service Down Detector showed a spike in error messages across the internet, and users are taking to social media to complain of problems at their favorite websites. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis owns both Mashable and Down Detector.) Mashable reporters experienced problems accessing some Google services, such as Google Meet, when the outage first occurred.
Cloudflare, a popular IT management company that provides hosting services, is among the services disrupted. Cloudflare reported "Broad Cloudflare service outages" on its website on Thursday afternoon. The company initially reported that they are "continuing to investigate this issue."
However, a more recent message states, "We are starting to see services recover. We still expect to see intermittent errors across the impacted services as systems handle retried and caches are filled."
According to Down Detector, the following sites are experiencing a spike in user error reports:
Discord
Google (Google Cloud, Gmail, Google Meet, and others)
Spotify
Twitch
character.ai
Rocket league
AWS
Cloudflare
Etsy
Pokémon Trading card game
Snapchat
fuboTV
Anthropic (maker of Claude)
Shopify
Gemini
MLB.tv
Doordash
Ikea
Equifax
Marvel
Vimeo
Nintendo Switch Online
Gitlan
Calendly
Disruptions to platforms like Shopify and AWS could cause ripple effects across the internet. And because the disruption occurred during work hours, frustrated workers are complaining of problems accessing tools like Google Meet. As of 3:35 p.m., many of the impacted websites appeared to be recovering, according to user reports on Down Detector.
On social media sites like X, confused users are reacting in real-time to the widespread service disruptions across the internet.
This is a developing story and will be updated as new details emerge.
https://mashable.com/article/google-down-cloudflare-twitch-character-ai-internet-outage